Brilliant weather today. It may have been a cold start but it warmed up pretty quickly. Our ride this morning was in glorious sunshine along the Roode Beek and through Süsterseel and back over Mindergangelt. This afternoon spent in the garden pottering, laying a new length of beam along the edge of the garden by [...]
Apr 182010
We thought we would make the most of a promised good weekend. Saturday was maybe not the warmest of days but certainly not cold – ideal for a long planned trip to the sea. We decided on Castricum – a reasonable distance from the station to the sea and the beach open for dogs until [...]
Apr 152010
What a day. I have spent the whole day yesterday with a constantly waxing and waning headache. Ridiculous of course, no aspirin in the house, but I thought I would be rid of it fairly quickly (stupid ‘cos I never am!). Every so often it would seem to be easing off and I thought “get [...]
Mar 312010
We were fairly lucky with the weather last weekend – Saturday and Sunday were forecast to be pretty grotty but we got to ride both mornings. And Saturday afternoon was good enough to work for a while in the garden. Sunday was a little less pleasant – as soon as the horses were out to [...]
Mar 252010
It was a quiet weekend, last weekend – hence the lack of blog – but the week has started things moving again. Tuesday was pretty good weather, so a fair amount of time was spent in the garden and Anike came around for half an hour to check her English. Tuesday evening was riding school. [...]
